Second-hand shoes & footwear in Melbourne typically sells for A$8 to A$230 (about $5 to $160). Brand and size do most of the work, and the extremes of the size range often sell for more because fewer people are competing for them. Anything that can be resoled holds value because the buyer knows it has another life in it.
Buying shoes & footwear in Melbourne
Melbourne has the strongest vintage and op-shop culture in Australia and a large student population across several universities, so buying second hand here is entirely ordinary. It is also the country’s music city, which keeps instruments, amps and records moving in a way they do not everywhere.
Posting footwear costs more than most sellers expect, and a wrong fit turns into a return that leaves both sides out of pocket. Handing a pair over face to face removes that risk completely, which is why so much of this trade stays close to home.
What to check in person
Turn them over first. The sole and the heel tip tell you how much life is left, and the inside of the heel counter shows how the last owner walked. Bend the shoe gently to check the sole is not separating from the upper.
Collecting it in Melbourne
It fits in a bag, so most people meet on the way to something else. A station or a high street works, and neither side needs a car.
The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
Selling your shoes & footwear in Melbourne free
Students arrive in February and leave in November, which inverts the northern-hemisphere rhythm. The inner suburbs also carry a lot of share-house accommodation, and share houses reshuffle constantly rather than seasonally.
Measure the insole end to end in centimetres and put the figure in your listing, which answers most fitting questions before anybody asks them. Be plain about what is worn: people forgive a scuff they were warned about and walk away from one they were not. Boots move from the first cold week; trainers and lighter shoes move steadily all year.
Bank transfer via PayID is instant and is what most private buyers will offer. Cash on collection remains common for larger items.
Shoes & Footwear worth listing in Melbourne
Same region (Victoria)
If nothing in Melbourne suits, Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo each have their own shoes & footwear page, and a seller will often meet part of the way for something worth the trip.
More in Melbourne: everything second hand in Melbourne, or Shoes & Footwear across Australia.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.